The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomosays nationwide inspection results show HUD housing is "Good Investment" for owners, residents, & taxpayers.

August 1 - HUD News

New standards and easy-to-use tools expand the ability to use and share geospacial data.

August 1 - Government Technology

FEATURE

California cities are being pressured to slow growth and preserve open space. Yet the state's population continues to grow rapidly. The result will be acute housing shortages that create the nation's largest slums in California.

August 1 - Anthony Downs

High-tech manufacturing is seen as a "clean" industry and cities court such companies, but there is a growing awareness of dangerous chemicals used in this industry.

July 31 - The Los Angeles Times

East Palo Alto is experiencing long-sought after redevelopment and growth, but the economic boom is upsetting the balance of power.

July 31 - The San Francisco Chronicle

$200 million project to reduce Napa river flooding by working with the river rather than trying to tame it may usher in a new era in water planning.

July 31 - San Jose Mercury News

Sewage spill that closed the Aliso Beach was causedby a pipeline rupture inside the Aliso Water Management Agency sanitation plant.

July 31 - Orange County Register

The Nature Conservancy completes acquisition ofa historic ranch in the San Diego backcountry.

July 31 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The amount of waste produced daily by the City of LA is mind-boggling. L.A.'s Bureau of Sanitation is investing heavily in infrastructure.

July 31 - The Metro Investment Report

Information technology director for California's Resources Agency will become the nation's first Geographic Information Officer for a state.

July 31 - Government Technology

California maps an ambitious 15-year strategy to reduce polluted runoff that causes widespread beach closings and water pollution.

July 31 - San Jose Mercury News

The LA Weekly reports on some brilliant - and bungled - attempts to save Los Angeles' urban forest.

July 31 - LA Weekly

The tug-of-war over the rebuilding of San Francisco's Bay Bridge continues.

July 31 - San Jose Mercury News

The e-government industry announced the results of its first report on citizen and business demand for e-government services.

July 31 - Government Technology

Conceived in the 1980s, and scaled down in 1996, a plan to make Ventura Boulevard walker-friendly is again being discussed. But it looks as though it will be a very slow go.

July 31 - The Los Angeles Times

Standford University, the largest single landowner in the Bay Area, has drawn up a landuse map for the future that is facing unprecedented community scrutiny.

July 31 - San Jose Mercury News

The Sierra Club has joined the political political battle over growth in south San Joaquin County, and Tracy is ground zero.

July 31 - The Stockton Record

Those barren fields of oil wells in Baldwin Hills may become a 700 acre park, larger than Golden Gate Park or Central Park. This is the largest area of undeveloped land in urban LA.

July 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Newhall Ranch development has gained a water diversion agreement from a Ventura County water district. Five other issues must be resolved before the project can restart.

July 30 - The Los Angeles Times

America's growing elderly population is reshaping the market for housing, forcing planners and developers to modify their approach to housing.

July 30 - HUD News